Chapter 21: Termination Ensued
Summary: My name is Kurosaki Karin. 17 months and some after my brother lost his powers I… died. After training so hard in almost two years to become stronger and protect my family back in Karakura, I needed to leave them after a freaking car accident. But I'm not worried. My life here in Soul Society just began. [HitsuxKarin]. Maybe I'll write stories for another partners, too.
Disclaimer: I don't own Tite Kubo's Bleach, and its characters. I just borrow some scenes on the manga and twist it into something that will blend with my story.
We're on the "The Thousand Year Blood War".
Previously on Hitsugaya Karin…
"Be ready for the start of our invasion. Quilge Opie will stall the humans." Haschwalth said. Sternritters, lead your troops. The Soul Society will crumble today!"
The soldiers shouted. "Hail, Wandenreich! Hail, the Sternritters! Hail, Yhwach-sama!"
Uryu stands near the throne of Yhawach. His face is completely masked, but inside, he is frowning. In contrast, Yhwach is smiling. A Sternritter came out of nowhere, he appeared like Yhwach. Uryu was surprised, especially because the two Yhwach have the same grin on their faces. The Yhwach on the throne laughed, and Jugram gave the signal.
"What the-" Ichigo was on the mouth of Garganta, but something is blocking his entrance to Soul Society.
Quilge laughed. He used Ransotengai, a high level technique that allowed him to control his body parts using a string of spirit energy controlled by his brain. The technique helped him control his body, like a puppet, even though it is broken. After that, it is easy for him to trap Ichigo in the Garganta. "I won't let you enter Soul Society! I promised Yhwach-sama that you won't-ahh!" An unseen force sliced Quilge into half.
Uruhara and the others watched, and then he began to make a base not far from the battle scene. He will try to repair his communicator. He surely knows that the enemies are now on their way to Soul Society.
"And we're down to our last pair for today! Let us see who between-" The words were cut down when suddenly, pillars of light broke down the Seireitei's shield. The Captains got up in alarm.
"Soul Society is under attack! Listen! Soul Society is under attack!"
Karin snapped into alert mode. "So, it begins." She hurriedly woke Shin and Nanami up and explained the situation to the two. "Hanataro-san! I need your help! We need to…" Karin looked outside and saw Unohana-taicho. "Taicho! I-please, are you joining the war?"
"… I decided that it would be better for me to stay out of war, Kurosaki-san." Unohana said. She went to the Medic Tent to help her members flee out of the area.
"Then please, Unohana-taicho. Look after Shin and Nanami. I promised to protect them but I need to help Toshi- I mean Hitsugaya-taicho. Please, someone is targeting Nanami, and I know that Shin will try to help but in his condition…" Karin pleaded.
"I promise to keep an eye on them. Seventh Seat Hanataro-san, let's move all the injured to the Division's barrack."
"Hai, Unohana-taicho!" Hanataro said. He began issuing orders to his subordinates. Some of them already began transporting those unconscious and wounded.
The other captains spread out. The vice-captains watched from their posts. All of them ready for some action. Rukia run towards the base of the Light Pillars and told the Division Thirteen's third seats to protect everyone. Renji told the members of Fifth Division to spread out and get ready for the attack.
"Gyaahhh!" Shouts and cries filled the air as the Wandenreich army began to massacre people living in Rukongai. The houses were on fire, and everything is in chaos.
"They're attacking the civilians. Repeat. They're attacking the people of Rukongai. Teams. Defend the people of Soul Society!"
Karin ran around, Taiga Mangetsu is on her hand. "Getsuga Tensho!" Rows of Wandenreich Army were killed as the huge Getsuga Tensho hit them. "Toshiro! Toshiro, where are you?!" She dodged when an attack suddenly came her way.
"Look what we have here. A weakling!" Candice Catnipp told her other friends.
"Don't be fooled. She's Kurosaki Karin." A voice behind them said. Ono Mami appeared behind the girls.
Karin glared. "Ono."
Nanami frowned. "Unohana-taicho, I need to help Karin. Please let me go."
Unohana looked at the girl. "I know you want to help, Kobayashi-san, but I promised to look after you. You can go with Isane, because she's the next strongest person here but I need her to help me tend the casualties. If someone can protect you then you're free to-"
"Let her, Unohana-taicho. I'll look after her." Shin is leaning on the doorframe. He still looks exhausted but the wounds are already healed.
"…Very well. Kobayashi-san, let me help with your reiatsu. Isane, make sure that Abe-san is on his fullest." She walked towards Nanami and began a reiatsu restoration.
A man with long, black hair and dark eyes floating in the air impaled the shinigamis attacking him. As Nodt looked around him, bending his neck sideways as if looking at something in a different angle. "What an ugly heaven. If this is where my soul lives, then what hell looks like?"
Renji appeared and attacked the weird man. The man looked at him and Renji froze in fear. "What…?"
"Are you trying to attack me? How will you do that if you can't even come near me?" As Nodt said while tilting his face back to a normal angle. "Don't worry. I'll end your fear for you." He sends out reishi thorns.
Byakuya flash stepped in the way and destroyed the thorns. Renji looked at his captain. "C-captain!" Another figure came and tried to ambush the fear-stricken Renji. Renji snapped out of the fear and dodged the man.
Byakuya flash stepped and attacked As Nodt. As Nodt blocked the attacks with his Blut Vene. Unfortunately for him, Senbonzakura managed to cut his hand.
The big, muscular man attacking Renji saw this and berated, telling As Nodt how stupid he is for letting someone cut his hand. Byakuya attacked and neutralized Mask de Masculine. Byakuya didn't wait any moment and used Senbonzakura Kageyoshi. As Nodt used the opportunity to steal Byakuya's Bankai. He then sent his reishi thorns towards Byakuya. Byakuya couldn't dodge because he was still shock on what happened to his Bankai.
"I'm sorry, Captain Kuchiki." As Nodt said. "You are a very admirable man." He told this because instead of frozing in fear, Byakuya continued to attack with his shikai. "But you won't be able to finish me off because right now, even if you are full with will power, your heart is currently filled with fear. Now taste the power of your Bankai. Senbonzakura Kageyoshi."
Byakuya looked on as huge swords lined up in front of him before it disintegrate into thousands petal-like blades. The blades, with As Nodt's mind control, attack Byakuya. Byakuya fend them off with his shikai. As Nodt told him that there is no way he could defeat a shikai with a Bankai. Renji, who was watching, intervened to help his captain. As Renji attacked the Quincy, Byakuya tried to use his shikai, too. As Nodt countered with a storm of blades, so powerful that it sends Byakuya crashing into a nearby wall. His zanpakuto shattered, and the impact created a bloody crater around him. Byakuya closed his eyes. He said sorry to Renji and Rukia. Before he passed out, the last person on his mind is Nanami. Renji was so angry that he called forth his Bankai, but before he could do this, Mask de Masculine attacked. He fell unconscious on the ground.
"Idiot. If you wait for him to finish, you could have stolen his Bankai." As Nodt said. Mask looked surprised by this. He thought only captains could have a Bankai. As Nodt sighed. "Go back home and review the daten Master provided."
Nanami stopped abruptly from her shunpo. Byakuya… Nanami's thoughts were interrupted when she heard Karin's shout of pain. "Abe-kun, that's Karin-chan."
"Yes. I think I hearad it that way." Shin nodded as he points to the direction where he heard the cry.
As they neared the place, they saw Karin trying to block all of Ono Mami's attacks but not only that, other Quincy were also there. Basically ganging up against Karin. The two appeared suddenly behind Karin and blocked the attack from the other Quincy.
"And the impostor appeared. How are you Noble princess? Oh, right, you're just a trash from Rukongai, too." Mami said as she stared at the girl who was the reason why she was kicked out of the Academy and Seireitei.
Karin glared at the girl and was to attack again but Nanami stopped her. "Karin-chan, you're hurt. Please let me heal you first." Shin, Nanami, and Karin flash stepped away from Ono's group.
"So you are running away, huh. No can do. I'm here to kill you." Ono said flash stepping after the three. Shin stopped to intercept her way.
Nanami began to chant a healing spell. "Karin-chan." Karin stopped and let Nanami heal her wounds. They looked to their right as a big explosion from the Rukongai was heard. They felt Isshin, Yoruichi, and Yuzu's reiatsu. They smiled at that but the barrier around Seireitei is completely destroyed. They looked at the chaos with sorrow, and dodged when an attack from the Quincy came.
Nanami pulled out her knife and called for Umi no Sairen. Their retaliation against Mami's group began.
In the Rukongai, Kukkaku, Ganju, Koganehiko and Shiroganehiko helped protect the district they were in. They have no choice, the place became a stinking battlegrounds. Between Kukkaku and Ganju, most of the Wandenreich were annihilated.
"I guess you don't need our help." Yoruichi said as she watched her friend kill one of the enemies.
Kukkaku looked up and saw Yoruichi jumping out of the Senkaimon. Isshin and Yuzu following her. "Hey, long time no see." She dodged an attack and killed off the man. She looked at the people who arrived. "What are you thinking bringing my young, innocent cousin here, Uncle?"
"Young?" Isshin's eyebrow went up. "Innocent? Yuzu, why don't you show her what you learned from your Uncle Ryuken?"
"Daddy! I'm an innocent girl!" Yuzu pouted. "Hello, Kukkaku-nee. Kyaaaaa!" She shouted when one of her cousin's opponent's head were severed. "Daddy, I don't think I can do this!"
"Of course you can!" Isshin sent a Getsuga Tensho on the attackers and then he looked up the sky. "Oh, my Masaki, our children are so powerful. I wish you were here to witness them. Oh, you'll be proud of our sweet Yuzu-chan." He said dramatically, even the Wandenreich soldiers' sweats dropped.
"Daddy! Kyaaa!" She flash stepped away from the attacker. Kukkaku, who looked her because of the shout, narrowed her eyes.
"Come on, Yuzu. Show us what you learned from that guy." Yoruichi said before she disappeared to fight more opponents.
Yuzu took a deep breath. She stretched her right arm, and the sleeve of her sweater rode up. A bracelet was shown. The odd thing was that it has a trinket similar to those of the Quincy's. Yuzu concentrated, and a bow appeared on her hand. She took aim and let go of her first arrow, going for the kill.
Cang Du steps in the Tenth Division's office, and found a woman with orange hair giving off orders. "You're not a boy." Rangiku looked back in great speed. "Easy. You might twist your next in to a bad angle. Wait. Do you want to die?" Before Rangiku could ask who the man is, Cang Du already attacked her. She received a bad blow in the stomach with Cang Du's She Jin Zhao.
Toshiro arrived at the scene and saw his vice-captain on the ground clutching her bleeding stomach. He looked at the man who attacked Matsumoto. "Who are you?!"
Cang Du looked at the young looking boy in front of him. "So you're Hitsugaya Toshiro? Well, it won't be nice if you don't know the name of the man who will steal your Bankai from you, right? I'm Cang Du." He appeared in front Toshiro using Hirenkyaku.
Toshiro blocked the attack in the last minute. Before he could attack the Quincy, Cang Du appeared on his back and clawed at him. Toshiro felt the skin on his back reaped off, and the intense pain made him gasped. "I thought you're a genius. I guess not." Toshiro glared at the man when Cang Du said this. Toshiro called for his Bankai, Daiguren Hyorinmaru.
Cang Du was waiting for this moment, and he brought out his medallion. He successfully stole Toshiro's Bankai. Toshiro was shocked but he can't do anything else. Matsumoto is healing her wounds but they need to get out to a safer place. It's good that Karin's not here, although she's somewhere out there fighting. He flash stepped towards Matsumoto and helped her up. "Matsumoto, I need Haneiko's help."
Matsumoto nodded. "Growl, Haneiko." A large wind came, and Toshiro used his Shikia's capabilities to create a vacuum ice blades, a wall made of interwove ice threads, and a field of icy mist. They used it to escape.
Bambietta Basterbine was having fun detonating things and killing shinigamis who tried to stop her. She suddenly frowned when a big animal man came and attacked her. But then she smiled as she thought of how fun it will be killing a man, especially if this man is that Captain Komamura the daten were talking about. She attacked the man and they parried. Minutes later, she's so bored in the fight she decided to send bombs toward Komamura-taicho.
Komamura who was going in for another attack didn't manage to dodge the bombs sent his way. The change of tactics in the girl's attacks surprised him. His resolved self called on for his Bankai, only for it to be stolen form him.
Royd Lloyd, disguised as Yhwach, entered the Soul Society with Haschwalth. He looked on over the battlefields and smiled as he saw shinigamis lying around. He also saw a lot of Wandenreich but it's okay for him because he doesn't really need them. He stiffened when a tall man walked up to him from the shadows.
Kenpachi saw this weird man smiling and laughing in the midst of dead bodies. He, too smiled, for he was certain that this man is none other than that Yhwach the soutaicho was talking about. He let the bodies he was carrying fall under the man's feet.
Royd looked on the Sternritter. He saw Berenice Gabrielli, Jerome Guizbatt… and his twin brother, Loyd Lloyd. Royd was so angry.
Kenpachi smiled. "You're the leader, aren't you? Let me fight you!"
Royd looked at the man. Even in his Yhawch appearance, he copied Kenpachi's cocky attitude. Minutes after Kenpachi challenged him, he was holding the man by the throat. "You would pay for killing my brother." Before he can do anything else, Yamamoto appeared and killed him. Kenpachi's body hit the ground.
Jugram, who were watching, looked behind him when the real Yhwach appeared with Driscoll Berci. Yhwach watched as Royd died. "Thank you for serving me. Bye-bye." He looked at Yamamoto. "Hello, old friend." As Nodt and three other Sternritter tried to attack Yamamoto but they were blown away by his massive reiatsu. "Strong as ever." He motioned for Driscoll. "Do you want to know the name of the man who killed your pathetic vice-captain? His name is-"
Yamamoto made his move and killed Driscoll in a matter of second. "I don't need to know his name." He glared but Yhwach only grinned. "I should have killed you a thousand years ago."
"You could have, but you can't." Yhwach answered.
This angers Yamamoto. " no Tachi." Flames compress to his sword, but the man in front of him is undeterred. He then activates Zanka no Tachi, Nishi: Zanjitsu Gokui. Flames surrounded his body, and Yhwach watched, curious about the fire. "With this, you would die just by touching me."
The other captains looked towards the area where they felt the Captain-Commander's reiatsu. Even though they're far away, the heat from his Bankai can still be felt.
The Sternritter fighting Kyoraku fired arrows at him. One of it hit his right eye. "If I were you, I will concentrate on my own fight." The unnamed Sternritter said. Kyoraku, who was still shock by the attack, decided to retreat.
On the other side of Soul Society, Soi-fong was fighting BG9, but with her Bankai gone, she can't do anything else. Her Vice-captain, Omaeda Mareyo was lying somewhere. This man/woman, with full body armor stabs the Vice-captain. "I'm sorry, Miss, but your end is here."
The helplessness filled the people of Soul Society's hearts. Everywhere, there were fires, people shouting for help, children looking for the ones they called their families, bodies lying around. Soul Society is in total ruins. Soi-fong closed her eyes waiting for the final blow. It didn't come, her opponent was nowhere in sight.
Rukia, who joined Karin and the others in the battle with Ono Mami and some of the Sternritters, flash stepped around looking for her brother. She searched and searched with Nanami, Karin, and Shin. And then she looked down and saw a wall with a big hole in it. She slowly went to the place while the others continue to search. When she arrived, she first saw Renji, unconscious and bloody. She slowly went in front of the wall, and there, surrounded with his blood, is her brother. Her heart-wrenching cry sounded through the place.
Nanami and the others flash stepped to the wail. When she saw the man in the wall, she felt her knees give out and she fell. Tears welled up in her eyes because she thinks that her future is gone. Those happy old couple she dreamt about is gone. And her heart twist as she listens to her sister's cry.
Yhwach activates Kirchenlied: Sankt Zwinger. An undeterred Yamamoto activates Zanka no Taichi, Minami: Kaka Jūmanokushi Daisōjin, which calls forth an undead army. Yhwach is amazed by the technique, but he laughed. In the distance, The First Division explodes into nothingness. Yamamoto looked on and screamed the name of his third seat. Yhwach used the opportunity and waves his sword, creating a large sword made out of energy fall from the sky. He then attacked Yamamoto and sliced him off from the left shoulder to the right side of the soutaicho's waist. Unleashing a Reishi blasts on Yamamoto, he completely obliterates the man's body.
Ichigo used his sword again and again. He's been doing this for hours now but the Cage won't open up. He tried to use his Hollow powers, the Fullbring, and he even resorted to using his head. Nothing, he can't do anything. As he thinks about what might be happening in the Soul Society, he punched the cage. He punched and punched to let out his frustration, when the cage suddenly broke. Ichigo was stunned, but he has no time standing around thinking about what happened so he entered Soul Society. The sight in front of him made him stopped. He quickly searched for his girlfriend and found her crying in front of Byakuya's body.
Rukia blindly hugged Ichigo when she felt his arms around her.
Karin looked up when she felt her brother's reiatsu. She's been comforting Nanami since they found Byakuya's body.
Ichigo looked at the body in front of him. "Hey, Byakuya, open your damn eyes. You're hurting my girlfriend's feelings. Open it, damn it! Nanami's waiting for you."
Byakuya slowly opened his eyes. "I'm sorry for making you worry, Rukia." Nanami got up when she heard the voice. Byakuya smiled at Nanami, and then returned his gaze at Ichigo. "Promise me that you would do anything to protect Soul Society, Kurosaki Ichigo."
Ichigo looked the man in the eyes. "You bet." He then looked at Shin. "Hey, Abe, call the Fourth Division for me please. They need to heal Byakuya." He looked at Nanami. "Nanami-san, he's not dead. Maybe you could give him a little first aid." Nanami smiled and began her Kaido. Ichigo drew Rukia near. "I want you to protect this area while I'm gone. I need to face the leader of these enemies." Rukia nodded and let go of Ichigo.
Ichigo flash stepped away and arrived in the place where he saw the massive reiatsu blast. A man with a wavy black hair stands in front of him.
Yhwach grinned at the young man with orange hair standing in front of him. "Kurosaki Ichigo, I presume? You're the man who saved three dimensions from Aizen's plan. I heard that my subordinate couldn't take your Bankai from you. Oh, well, I can kill you now." He moved to slice Ichigo but he was pushed back when a massive reiatsu came from Ichigo. He looked at the man's arm and saw the Quincy's technique Blut Vene. He grinned at the discovery. "So that's how you destroyed Quilge's cage. It wasn't meant for a Quincy, you know? Welcome, my child. Because I am your father, I would leave this place for now." He then walked away from Ichigo.
Ichigo tried to stop Yhwach from leaving, but Jugram appeared in front of him, and sliced Tensa Zangetsu into two. He then followed Yhwach away after telling Ichigo that his shinigami powers are weak and that the Wandenreich will welcome him anytime.
When the other Sternritters received the message of retreat, they stopped and called for their squads. All of them vanished, leaving a hell out of Soul Society.
A/N: I wanted the war to be a very long one but I decided to finish it in one chapter. I think I didn't get much into details, and it's a very lame war. I'm so ashamed because I was reading a Naruto fan fiction, and the war was ten chapters long, and they are very long chapters. I'm so ashamed. *Sigh* I want to put on a "Captain versus Sternritter scene" for all of them, but I'm living in the war and just came out of it when I started to write this Author's note. War is chaos; I don't know how to describe what's in my mind. My thoughts are very disorganized. I'm sorry about that.
Also, some of the scenes are happening at the same time, and I didn't put on how Ono Mami and the other Sternritters retreated, but they did even before Yhwach ordered the Wandenreich to leave Soul Society. If you're also asking yourself how he did that, the Sternritters have communication devices.
And another note, Uryu is not on the war. He will appear on the second invasion.
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